Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Men's beach volleyball

These page shows the results of the Men's Beach Volleyball Tournament
Beach volleyball
Beach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....

at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

in Sydney, Australia, held from September 16 to September 26, 2000.

Preliminary round

Winners advance to Round of 16
- Child/Heese, Canada (6) def. Jodard/Penigaud, France (19), 15-5 (34 minutes)
- M. Laciga/P. Laciga, Switzerland (4) def. Palinek/Lebl, Czech Republic (21), 15-13 (52)
- Maia/Brenha, Portugal (12) def. Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway (13), 15-10 (41)
- Sotelo/Ibarra Rodrigues, Mexico (24) def. Prosser/Zahner, Australia (1), 15-12 (48)
- Kouchnerev/Ermishin, Russia (14) def. Salema/Baracetti, Argentina (11), 15-4 (30)
- Martinez/Conde, Argentina (5) def. Raffaelli/Pimponi, Italy (20), 15-7 (35)
- Ahmann/Hager, Germany (15) def. Bosma/Diez, Spain (10), 15-13 (58)
- Kjemperud/Hoidalen, Norway (8) def. Berger/Stamm, Austria (17), 15-6 (38)
- Holden/Leinemann, Canada (18) def. Heidger/Wong, United States (7), 17-15 (60)
- Zé Marco/Ricardo, Brazil (3) def. Berg/Dahl, Sweden (22), 15-5 (38)
- Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States (9) def. Oetke/Scheuerpflug, Germany (16), 15-7 (37)
- Emanuel/Loiola, Brazil (2) def. Grinlaubs/Slack, Australia (23), 15-3 (24)

Preliminary Elimination

Losers eliminated, and placed 19th
- Berger/Stamm, Austria (17) def. Raffaelli/Pimponi, Italy (20), 15-9 (41)
- Grinlaubs/Slack, Australia (23) def. Salema/Baracetti, Argentina (11), 15-2 (29)
- Heidger/Wong, United States (7) def. Jodard/Penigaud, France (19), 15-2 (20)
- Prosser/Zahner, Australia (1) def. Kvalheim/Maaseide, Norway (13), 15-12 (41)
- Bosma/Diez, Spain (10) def. Berg/Dahl, Sweden (22), 15-11 (48)
- Palinek/Lebl, Czech Republic (21) def. Oetke/Scheuerpflug, Germany (16), 15-8 (33)

Winners advance to Round of 16 plus team with highest point ratio; losers eliminated and place 17th
- Berger/Stamm, Austria (17) def. Grinlaubs/Slack, Australia (23), 15-10 (38)
- Prosser/Zahner, Australia (1) def Heidger/Wong, United States (7), 15-11 (38)
- Bosma/Diez, Spain (10) def. Palinek/Lebl, Czech Republic (21), 15-4 (25)

Round of 16

Losers eliminated, place ninth
- Maia/Brenha, Portugal (12 def. Martinez/Conde, Argentina (5), 15-3 (43)
- Child/Heese, Canada (6) def. Kouchnerev/Ermishin, Russia (14), 15-6 (40)
- Ahmann/Hager, Germany (15) def. Holden/Leinemann, Canada (18), 15-6 (38)
- M. Laciga/P. Laciga, Switzerland (4) def. Prosser/Zahner, Australia 1), 15-8 (47)
- Heidger/Wong, United States (7) won by injury forfeit over Sotelo/Ibarra, Mexico (24)
- Zé Marco/Ricardo, Brazil (3) def. Berger/Stamm, Austria (17), 16-14 (56)
- Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States (9) def. Kjemperud/Hoidalen, Norway (8), 15-13 (54)
- Bosma/Diez, Spain (10) def. Emanuel/Loiola, Brazil (2), 17-16 (65)

Quarter-finals

Losers eliminated, place fifth
- Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States (9) def. Heidger/Wong, United States (7), 15-3 (31)
- Maia/Brenha, Portugal (12) def. M. Laciga/P. Laciga, Switzerland (4), 15-11 (43)
- Zé Marco/Ricardo, Brazil (3) def. Child/Heese, Canada (6), 15-13 (81)
- Ahmann/Hager, Germany (15) def. Bosma/Diez, Spain (10), 16-14 (50)

Semi-finals

Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States (9) def. Maia/Brenha, Portugal (12), 15-12 (71)
Zé Marco/Ricardo, Brazil (3) def. Ahmann/Hager, Germany (15), 15-5 (31)

Bronze medal match

Ahmann/Hager, Germany (15) def. Maia/Brenha, Portugal (12), 12-9 and 12-6 (70)

Gold Medal match

Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States (9) def. Zé Marco/Ricardo, Brazil (3), 12-11 and 12-9 (101)

Final ranking

RANK		9
	3
	15
4.	12
5.	4
	6
	7
	10
9.	1
	2
	5
	8
	14
	17
	18
	24
17.	21
17.	23
19.	11
	13
	16
	19
	20
	11